Sawmill Chords by Mel Tillis
Tempo:
74.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] Well, once I was a slave [C] at the sawmill Talk [G] about a poor boy, talk about a poor boy
[C] Never saw a dollar [G] bill My work was so hard at the [C] sawmill
[G] Think about a poor boy, think about a poor boy
When you [C] go to ride [G] your wheel [C] Well, see my dear, I'm falling down
My wife left this sawmill town She said sawmill life had [D] been a sin
Thought the gravy was too thin I [G] can't work no more at the [C] sawmill
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
[C]
[G]
If you bring your wife [C] to the sawmill [G] Well, how you gonna please her?
How you gonna please her?
When she wants a dollar bill You're not satisfied at the [C] sawmill
[G] Women like a dollar, women like a dollar Yes, [C] women [G] always will
[C] See my dear, I'm falling down My wife left this sawmill town
She said sawmill life had [D] been a sin Thought the gravy [C] was too thin
[D] [G] I can't work no more at the [C] sawmill
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
[D] [G]
[C] Never saw a dollar [G] bill My work was so hard at the [C] sawmill
[G] Think about a poor boy, think about a poor boy
When you [C] go to ride [G] your wheel [C] Well, see my dear, I'm falling down
My wife left this sawmill town She said sawmill life had [D] been a sin
Thought the gravy was too thin I [G] can't work no more at the [C] sawmill
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
[C]
[G]
If you bring your wife [C] to the sawmill [G] Well, how you gonna please her?
How you gonna please her?
When she wants a dollar bill You're not satisfied at the [C] sawmill
[G] Women like a dollar, women like a dollar Yes, [C] women [G] always will
[C] See my dear, I'm falling down My wife left this sawmill town
She said sawmill life had [D] been a sin Thought the gravy [C] was too thin
[D] [G] I can't work no more at the [C] sawmill
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
[D] [G]
Key:
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C
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Well, once I was a slave [C] at the sawmill Talk [G] about a poor boy, talk about a poor boy
[C] Never saw a dollar [G] bill My _ work was so hard at the [C] sawmill
_ [G] Think about a poor boy, think about a poor boy
When you [C] go to ride [G] your wheel _ _ [C] Well, see my dear, I'm falling down
My wife left this sawmill town She said sawmill life had [D] been a _ sin
Thought the gravy was too thin _ I [G] can't work no more at the [C] sawmill _
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If you bring your wife [C] to the sawmill _ [G] Well, how you gonna please her?
How you gonna please her?
When she wants a dollar bill _ You're not satisfied at the [C] sawmill
_ [G] Women like a dollar, women like a dollar Yes, [C] women [G] always will _
[C] See my dear, I'm falling down My wife left this sawmill town
She said sawmill life had [D] been a sin Thought the gravy [C] was too thin
[D] _ [G] I can't work no more at the [C] sawmill _ _
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Well, once I was a slave [C] at the sawmill Talk [G] about a poor boy, talk about a poor boy
[C] Never saw a dollar [G] bill My _ work was so hard at the [C] sawmill
_ [G] Think about a poor boy, think about a poor boy
When you [C] go to ride [G] your wheel _ _ [C] Well, see my dear, I'm falling down
My wife left this sawmill town She said sawmill life had [D] been a _ sin
Thought the gravy was too thin _ I [G] can't work no more at the [C] sawmill _
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If you bring your wife [C] to the sawmill _ [G] Well, how you gonna please her?
How you gonna please her?
When she wants a dollar bill _ You're not satisfied at the [C] sawmill
_ [G] Women like a dollar, women like a dollar Yes, [C] women [G] always will _
[C] See my dear, I'm falling down My wife left this sawmill town
She said sawmill life had [D] been a sin Thought the gravy [C] was too thin
[D] _ [G] I can't work no more at the [C] sawmill _ _
[G] Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy Let me have a dollar bill
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _